Daniele Amadio
THE SOFT MOON
– ANNOUNCES NEW UK/ IE TOUR DATES FOR OCTOBER
“‘Deeper’ pushes the drum machines to the fore, cranks up the BPM and serves up leather-hearted industrial-dance anthems” 8/10 – NME
“He’s (The Soft Moon’s) made his best album yet” 8/10 – The Line of Best Fit
“One of the most honest and open records you’ll hear in 2015” – The 405
“‘Deeper’ represents an exquisite documentation of post-punk’s darkest hour” 8/10 – DiS
“Accomplished, impeccably crafted and resolutely forward-looking.” – The Quietus
“Heavy doses of post-punk and goth” – FACT
“Relentlessly industrial” – DIY
Following the release of his third studio album ‘Deeper’ earlier this year via Captured Tracks, The Soft Moon has unveiled a new video for album standout track ‘Wrong’ & announced an extensive tour, including shows UK dates in October with shows in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Brighton, and their first ever show in Ireland.
Created by New Orleans-based artist 9RIS 9RIS, the video for ‘Wrong’ is a kaleidoscopic venture of bright lights, trippy colours & disorientating screenshots allowing The Soft Moon’s industrial, electronic sounds to take centre stage. The idea of making a video for this song came about when 9RIS 9RIS DJ’d at The Soft Moon show in New Orleans this past May. The DJ set also included his unique visuals. Impressed by his style, Luis Vasquez approached 9RIS 9RIS where they discussed his concept and direction for a visual representation of ‘Wrong‘.
The track was co-written with Maurizio Baggio, who recorded and produced ‘Deeper’.
The voice of The Soft Moon has never been more clear and honest than it is on this record. With eerie, immersive tracks like the dogged “Far” and slow, beautifully melancholic “Wasting” (the first track written for Deeper), the album is a penetrating portrait of Vasquez as he wrestles thoughts of suicide, vulnerability and what it means to heal. By facing the most hopeless parts of himself without illusion and putting his past demons to bed, the creation of Deeper was an intense personal exploration of existence for Vasquez — old wounds were forcibly opened, deep anger and paranoia were manipulated into song — and he did not emerge unchanged. Deeper may have delivered Vasquez back to the waking world, but it willingly drags us further into The Soft Moon’s dark, euphonic universe once more.
Check out the full dates below:
20-06 Catania, IT – Zanne Festival
26-06 Larz, DE – Fusion Festival
03-07 Belfort, FR – Eurockeennes
11-07 Siena, IT – Lars Rock Fest
16-07 Leipzig, DE – Panometer
19-07 Ostrava, CZ – Colours Of Ostrava
22-07 Nijmegen, NL – Valkhof Festival
02-08 Lamezia Terme, IT – Color Festival
15-08 St Malo, FR – La Route Du Rock
20-08 Venlo, NL – Zomerpark
21-08 Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
28-08 La Tour De Peilz, CH – Nox Orae Festival
10-09 Istanbul, TU – Salon IKSV
11-09 Athens, GR – Kyttaro Club
12-09 Thessaloniki, GR – Eightball Club
14-09 Tillburg, NL – Incubate Festival
17-09 Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik #
18-09 Stockholm, SE – Debaser Strand #
19-09 Oslo, NO – Bla #
21-09 Huskvarna, SE – Folkets Park #
23-09 Helsinki, FI – Kuudes Linja
24-09 Tallinn, EE – Sinilind
25-09 Ventspils, LV – Juras Varti Theatre House
26-09 Riga, LV – Nabaklab
27-09 Vilinus, LT – Club Kablys
28-09 Warsaw, PL – Kulturalna, Distorted Club
30-09 Prague, CZ – Futurum
01-10 Vienna, AT – Arena
02-10 Budapest, HU – A38
03-10 Cluj Napoca, RO – The Shelter
06-10 Skopje, MK – MKC
07-10 Beograd, SRB – Drugstore
08-10 Zagreb, CR – Tvornica Kulture
09-10 Ljubljana, SI – Kino Siski
15-10 Geneva, CH – La Graviere
16-10 Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik
17-10 Dudingen, CH – Bad Bonn
18-10 Luxembourg, LU – Rockhal
19-10 Dublin, IE – Whelans
20-10 Manchester, UK – Night & Day
21-10 London, UK – Electrowerkz
22-10 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
23-10 Brighton, UK – TBA
24-10 Bristol, UK – Simple Things Festival
03-11 Dijon, FR – Atheneum
04-11 Besancon, FR – La Rodia
05-11 Angers, FR – Le Chabada
06-11 La Roche Sur Yon, FR – Le Fuzz’yon
07-11 Lorient, FR – Les Indisciplines Festival
08-11 Paris, FR – Musique Volantes
# w/ INVSN
Links:
‘Desertion’ on soundcloud
‘Far’ on youtube
‘Black‘ on soundcloud
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